Orlando Health Breaks Ground on New Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery Institute

Orlando, FL (Feb. 26, 2026) – On Thursday, Orlando Health broke ground in downtown Orlando on its new state-of-the-art Orlando Health Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery Institute that will serve patients throughout the southeastern United States. The two-story, 28,000-square-foot medical office building will be the new home of Orlando Health bariatric service lines including weight-loss surgery, endoscopic procedures, obesity medicine, revision and conversion procedures, robotic procedures and surgical body contouring. The Institute will dedicate space to its psychiatry and nutrition programs, including group meeting spaces and a demonstration kitchen. The Institute will also house an advanced training environment known as a Bioskills Lab. 

“The new Orlando Health Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery Institute represents our commitment to increasing access to compassionate, specialized care,” said Cary D’Ortona, president of Orlando Health Medical Group. “This state-of-the-art building embodies our mission to improve the health and well-being of the people we serve. We are excited to bring this vision to life for our patients in an environment of hope and healing.”

The Institute will be located at 55 W. Gore Street, near the Orlando Health Team Member Center on Orlando Health’s downtown campus.

“This new Institute is so much more than a building,” said Andre Teixeira, MD, bariatric surgeon and president of Orlando Health Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery Institute. “By providing surgery, medicine and research subspecialists all in one centralized location, we are committed to enhancing accessibility and convenience for our patients. We are here to serve along every step of their life-changing weight loss journey.”

The Orlando Health Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery Institute is anticipated to open in spring 2027.

About Orlando Health

Orlando Health is a private not-for-profit, integrated academic healthcare system with $14 billion of assets under management, that serves the southeastern United States – including Florida and Alabama – and Puerto Rico. With corporate offices in Orlando, Florida the system provides a complete continuum of care across a network of medical centers and institutes, community and specialty hospitals, physician practices, urgent care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and long-term and behavioral health care services. Founded more than 100 years ago, Orlando Health’s mission is to improve the health and the quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve. The system provided nearly $2 billion in community impact in the form of community benefit programs and services, Medicare shortfalls, bad debt, community-building activities and capital investments in FY 24, the most recent period for which the information is available. For more information, visit orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X.